{"id":1058,"date":"2020-05-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T10:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo6.aiwalls.com\/cars2news\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2019-03-30T10:10:14","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T10:10:14","slug":"bmw-x2-sdrive20i-m-sport-in-misano-blue-looks-sportier-than-it-should","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1058","title":{"rendered":"BMW X2 sDrive20i M Sport In Misano Blue Looks Sportier Than It Should"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

It’s a new X2 in sDrive20i spec, decked out in Misano Blue Metallic and equipped with the crucial M Sport package.<\/p>\n

That model isn’t offered in North America, where the xDrive28i is the only engine spec available. But elsewhere in the world \u2013 say, like Abu Dhabi where this one was captured \u2013 the 20i model packs the same 2.0-liter turbo four, tuned to deliver 187 horsepower.<\/p>\n

The sDrive designation tells you this is a front-drive model, which may have seemed unthinkable for a BMW just a few years ago, but is fast becoming the norm for the automaker’s smallest models.<\/p>\n

The only thing really elevating this X2 above a bog-standard model is the M Sport trim, which (like the smaller engine) isn’t even offered in these parts \u2013 where the lower base spec and top M Sport X Design models are the only offered.<\/p>\n

Yet it doesn’t look low-rent. Not to our eyes, anyway. And if a low-spec X2 can look this aggressive, just imagine what it’d look like in M Performance or full-on M spec, with the equipment to back it up.<\/p>\n

Fortunately the automaker appears to have just such a model in the pipeline in the X2 M35i, tipped to pack as much as 300 horsepower. Looks like the Audi RS Q3 and Mercedes-AMG GLA45 could soon have some competition on their hands.<\/p>\n

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